Holmes, John William, Private, 51753, 15th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Formerly 203850, Leicestershire Regiment
Born Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire
Enlisted Bakewell, Derbyshire
Resided Youlgrave, Derbyshire
Killed in action 24th March 1918 aged 30
Husband of Jane T. Holmes, of Moor Lane, Youlgrave, Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial

1911 Census
A gritstone quarryman
Son of Daniel, a gritstone quarryman, and Sarah Holmes, of Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire

Stanton in Peak
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